PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN

DESCRIPTION:

The City of Los Altos recently updated its General Plan Circulation Element. The
updated Element included goals and policies supporting Valley Transportation Agency’s CDT Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use and Livable Communities principles. While Los Altos has historically developed as a residential community with relatively rural appearing neighborhood streets – i.e. most residential streets do not have curbs, gutters or sidewalks – the Circulation Element identified a need for a comprehensive pedestrian circulation system that would connect residential neighborhoods to business districts, schools, parks and other community destinations.

This Pedestrian Master Plan project would implement the goals and policies of Los Altos’ recently updated Circulation Element. The Pedestrian Master Plan would provide a policy document prioritizing sidewalk and/or pathway design and location for capital funding purposes. Los Altos does not currently have a comprehensive pedestrian circulation document.


COST SUMMARY:
Design and Construction $ 25,000

POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES:
Capital Projects Fund $ 25,000

IMPACT ON ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS:
Negligible

ALTERNATIVES:
The city would continue to develop sidewalk projects on a reactive basis.